The Third Asian Energy Conference:
Diversity in Urban Energy Transitions in Asia:
Trajectories, Governance and Policy Innovations
3 July 2019 (9:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.; Registration Starts at 9:15 a.m.)
Mrs. Padma Harilela Lecture Theatre
(WLB 104, The Wing Lung Bank Building for Business Studies)
Lam Woo International Conference Centre, Hong Kong Baptist University
55 Renfrew Road, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
Aims of this Conference
The conference, titled “Diversity in Urban Energy Transitions in Asia: Trajectories, Governance and Policy Innovations” will be a forum for the participants to discuss the critical roles of cities in sustainable energy transitions in the Asian-Pacific region.
This conference aims:
- To provide a forum for academics, industrial practitioners, governments, NGOs and other stakeholders to share views on the social inputs, governance and policy innovation of sustainable energy transitions from an Asian Pacific perspectives;
- To shed light on the ways the Asian-Pacific countries differ in their sustainable energy transition, such as how city governments and communities can facilitate the uptake of solar energy, and to what extent policy innovations help unlocking the untapped renewable resources in the urban context; and
- To critically understand the differences and the underlying factors which give rise to the different trajectories in energy transitions across Asian-Pacific countries.
Featured Sessions and Speakers
This Conference will feature one keynote speaker, four sessions, and one panel discussion:
Keynote Speaker and Panel Discussion Moderator
John Byrne
An author, IPCC reports (Year 1992 to Year 2007);
Foundation for Renewable Energy and Environment;
University of Delaware
(Keynote)
Peter Hills
University of Hong Kong
(Morning Panel Moderator
and Session 4 Chair)
Richard Balme
Sciences Po
(Afternoon Panel Moderator and Speaker)
Session 1: Socially Enabled Urban Energy Transition
Alice Siu
Stanford University
(Chair)
Daphne Mah
Hong Kong Baptist University
Taedong Lee
Yonsei University
Gilles Lepesant
Yonsei University
Ben McLellan
Kyoto University
Session 2: Interdisciplinary Approaches for Energy Policy Innovations
Kwok Pan Chun
Hong Kong Baptist University
(Chair & Speaker)
Melissa Low
National University of Singapore
Job Taminlau
Foundation for Renewable Energy & Environment
Session 3: Governance Innovation for Low-carbon China
Kevin Lo
Hong Kong Baptist University
(Chair & Speaker)
Akihisa Mori
Kyoto University
Kyoung Shin
National Tsing Hua University
Linda Westman
University of Sheffield
Session 4: Just and Social Perspective of Energy Transitions
Peter Hills
University of Hong Kong
(Chair)
Shinichiro Okushima
University of Tsukuba
Richard Balme
Sciences Po
(Afternoon Panel Moderator and Speaker)
Tracy Cheung
University of Hamburg & Macquarie University
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Lead Organiser
Asian Energy Studies Centre
Hong Kong Baptist University
Co-Organisers
Department of Geography
Hong Kong Baptist University
David C. Lam Institute for East-West Studies (LEWI)
Hong Kong Baptist University
Center of Deliberative Democracy (CDD)
Stanford University
Center for European Studies and
Comparative Politics
Sciences Po
Graduate School of Energy Science
Kyoto University
Sponsors
Contact Us
If you have any queries, please contact us at aesc@hkbu.edu.hk or +852 3411 7187; +852 3411 7753; +852 3411 7032.